Geology Part 2 Practice Exam Questions Correctly Answered.
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Geology Part 2 Practice Exam Questions Correctly Answered.
Where are tectonic plates located? - CORRECT ANSWER at Earth's surface
What are the three types of plate boundaries? - CORRECT ANSWER divergent, convergent, and transform
Which of the following statements about earthquakes with mag...
Geology Part 2 Practice Exam Questions
Correctly Answered.
Where are tectonic plates located? - CORRECT ANSWER at Earth's surface
What are the three types of plate boundaries? - CORRECT ANSWER divergent, convergent, and transform
Which of the following statements about earthquakes with magnitude greater than 4.0 is most accurate? - CORRECT ANSWER Earthquakes with magnitude greater than 4.0 occur in a pattern than correlates closely with plate boundaries.
Which plate boundary is NOT associated with volcanic eruptions? - CORRECT ANSWER transform
Which phenomenon can explain the presence of volcanoes in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? - CORRECT ANSWER hot spots
Which type of plate boundary is most closely associated with uplifting continental regions and mountain
building? - CORRECT ANSWER convergent boundaries
Which of the following statements by Alfred Wegener led to the ultimate rejection of continental drift as
a hypothesis about continental movement? - CORRECT ANSWER Wegener suggested that the continents
broke through thinner oceanic crust as they migrated over time.
Which of the following theories about continents and ocean basins is correct? - CORRECT ANSWER plate material is formed at divergent plate boundaries and consumed at convergent plate boundaries.
How do plates move at divergent plate boundaries? - CORRECT ANSWER plates move apart
How do plates move at convergent plate boundaries? - CORRECT ANSWER plates move together how do plates move at transform plate boundaries - CORRECT ANSWER plates move side by side
in general, where do both earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur? - CORRECT ANSWER divergent and
convergent
what forms at divergent plate boundaries? - CORRECT ANSWER new oceanic lithosphere
in general, where do volcanoes form in subduction zones? - CORRECT ANSWER on the overriding plate, away from the convergent boundary
Why are volcanoes not found at transform boundaries? - CORRECT ANSWER transform boundaries do not cause changes to the pressure, temperature, or composition of the mantle
the East African rift is a divergent plate boundary that is splitting the continent of Africa into two pieces. What will eventually form around this divergent boundary? - CORRECT ANSWER an ocean
Which of the following is an example of a transform plate boundary? - CORRECT ANSWER the San Andreas Fault
which type of plate boundary is most closely associated with the formation of new ocean floor? - CORRECT ANSWER divergent
which of the following statements about Earth's magnetic field is most accurate? - CORRECT ANSWER Earth's magnetic field switches polarity at irregular time intervals.
How often does the Earth's magnetic field switch polarity? - CORRECT ANSWER every 100,000 to several million years
How are normal polarity and reverse polarity of Earth's magnetic field different? - CORRECT ANSWER a compass points toward the North Pole during normal polarity and to the South Pole during reverse polarity
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